'Quite enigmatic': Rare stone carving of Assyrian king surrounded by gods discovered in Iraq ... Related: 1,800-year-old altar to pagan god Pan hidden in a Byzantine church.

Pagan religions from the early days of the Great Britain are a treasure trove of strange, strange belief systems. The Wicker Man (the original with Christopher Lee cross-dressing, that is, not the ...

Pagan idol . The idol is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) tall and pointed at the lower end so it could stand upright in the ground, Campbell said. The top end was carved into the shape of a human head ...

At the Aquarian Tabernacle Church, rituals with ancient roots celebrate Pagan gods, the Earth and “the smell of smoke in our hair.” INDEX — You don’t convert to being a witch. “You just ...

After reading about the 1,600-year-old pagan idol unearthed from an Irish bog, learn about fishermen finding a massive 10,000-year-old "Irish elk" skull. Then, read about the history of Moloch ...

Even after the baptism of Rus in 988, the ancient Slavs did not totally abandon their old gods. They remained convinced that certain rituals would help protect the family and home from evil ...

Eight-Foot-Tall, 1,600-Year-Old Statue of Pagan Deity Found in Ireland The well-preserved wooden sculpture may have been part of a ritual site where animal sacrifices were carried out ...

A Siberian man looking for fish accidentally found a god. Nikolay Tarasov, 53, netted the extraordinary 4,000-year-old figurine while fishing in his hometown of Tisul, in Russia’s Kemerovo re… ...

For protection from Stingy Jack and other apparitions, people in the British Isles began carving faces into pieces of produce—particularly turnips, but in some cases potatoes, radishes and beets ...

Papua New Guinea's speaker of parliament causes outrage after destroying intricate carvings in the parliament as part of an evangelical Christian 'purge' of pagan idols Theo Zurenuoc, speaker of ...